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The classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book Jennifer Tolbert Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory. Rooted in the bias of Greek intellectuals, Roberts argues, hostility to Athenian democracy gained strength from the propensity of Western thinkers to read history backward and infer the impotence of Athens's form of government from the Athenians' ultimate defeat by Macedon in 338 B.C. In time, dislike of Athenian government developed into a powerful intellectual construct that stood largely unchallenged until the early nineteenth century. In the epilogue, the author examines the controversies that continue to surround Athens in the present day.
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- Title Athens on Trial
- Author Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 5 PAP/CDR
- Pages 426
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Date 1997-01-26
- ISBN 9780691029191 / 0691029199
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.14 x 6.03 x 0.87 in (23.22 x 15.32 x 2.21 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93024553
- Dewey Decimal Code 321.809
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